
{"id":14728,"date":"2026-01-26T21:26:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/?p=14728"},"modified":"2026-01-26T21:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:30:19","slug":"silke-interview-mgp-2026-forevermore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/silke-interview-mgp-2026-forevermore\/","title":{"rendered":"[interview] Silke (MGP 2026) : \u00ab\u00a0Forevermore\u00a0\u00bb, demain la lumi\u00e8re ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She rocked TikTok without you even knowing her face. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/silke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Silke<\/a>, The Norwegian producer and singer is stepping out of her studio booth this year to take to the stage at the Melodi Grand (MGP) Prix 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>For those who don't know you yet, who is Silke?<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I'm a Norwegian artist and producer. This year I'm entering the Melodi Grand Prix 2026 with \u00ab\u00a0<em>Forevermore<\/em>\u00ab a track I produced myself. It's a really exciting time for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>How would you define your world?<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I love the sound of Gospel and I also love electro \u00e0 la R\u00f6yksopp. I like the combination of very pure voices, like those of Aurora or Susanne Sundf\u00f8r, with very heavy synths and bass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"c7b0b9\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #c7b0b9;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Silke-MGP-2026-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14738 not-transparent\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Silke-MGP-2026-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Silke-MGP-2026-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Silke-MGP-2026-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Silke-MGP-2026-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Silke-MGP-2026-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Silke-MGP-2026.avif 1200w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Silke - Credit Julia Marie Naglestad \/ NRK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>For those of you who, like me, have no musical background but dream of composing: what's the secret to marrying words and melody? How do you know that \u00abit matches \u00bb?<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>That's an excellent question. For me, it's very intuitive. I often have a melody running through my head, and it's the sounds of the words that call up the melody. My advice is not to think too much at the beginning: just write what comes to you, even if it seems \u00abwrong\u00ab \u00bb. You just have to come up with something. A bad song can always be reworked or turned into a better one, but you can't do anything from a blank page. The important thing is to follow the \"\u00bb feeling of the sound even before the meaning of the words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Let's talk about your link with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/jone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JONE<\/a> (5th at MGP 2023). Is that you singing \u00abEkko inni meg \u00bb? <\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Absolutely! Originally, I wasn't supposed to be on the demo. My boyfriend was producing the track and was looking for a female vocalist. We ended up recording my vocals in two hours, one New Year's Eve, in a small studio in Krager\u00f8. We finished editing the track in our living room, with no idea that it would explode on TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>You write for other artists, you have signed \u00ab\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/mathilde-spz-ft-chris-archer-slam-dunk\/\">Woman Show<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb at the MGP 2024. Why not continue to write for others and come to the MGP stage? <\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I love producing, but I needed to sing my own words. My advice to anyone who's on the fence about writing: don't overthink it, just go for it. You can always fix a bad song, but you can't do anything with a blank page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>\u00abForevermore \u00bb is the title you're presenting. What's it about exactly?<\/strong> <\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Above all, it's a song about hope. In the chorus, it's as if hope itself is speaking directly to you, saying: \u00abCome to me and stay with me forever \u00bb. We live in a fast-paced world, where there's a lot of heavy stuff going on, and I wanted to bring that light to the MGP stage. My aim is to encourage people to follow their dreams. Dare to dream again, dare to have hope. 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DT70FG5CAqC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">A post shared by Silke (@silkemusic)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Do you already have everything in mind for the stage? Will there be dancing or other special elements?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I'm not sure what I'm allowed to say at this stage! But to give you an idea, at my first meeting with the staging team, I arrived with a ten-page document detailing everything I wanted, without worrying about the budget at all (laughs). And it looks like we're going to be able to do a lot of the things I'd imagined. My keywords were: \u00abEpic \u00ab and \"Silktopia \u00bb. I've never been to Tomorrowland, but I love the aesthetics of their scenes, it's totally crazy. Tomorrowland was really one of my major references for visuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>What do you think of the other participants this year?<\/strong> <\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone is so lovely! We had a promo day with NRK recently and the atmosphere is really great. The cool thing is the diversity of musical genres this year. 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